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Google is the biggest search engine so it's important to aim for a high Google page ranking

How to improve your website ranking on Google

August 29, 2011

Google isn’t the only web browser but if you have a good ranking on Google, chances are your website will be getting good traffic flow.
What is search engine ranking?
Search engine ranking is the value that the big search engines, Google, Yahoo and Bing, ascribe to a website.
Search engines constantly index websites on the Internet so …

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Searching keywords using the Google Keyword Tool

SEO Tips for Web Content Writers

June 30, 2011

Writing great content for a website starts with what you write on each webpage.
Before you start writing for the web
Go to Google Keyword Tool and search different keywords that relate to the information on the webpage you are writing. For this article, I searched:

keyword content
SEO relevant
SEO web content

From this I found that SEO Tips ranks …

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Clear writing is essential for webpage content

12 tips for writing content for a webpage

April 22, 2010

Writing content on a webpage? Check your text against these 12 tips.

Content needs to be clear, concise and easy to read – that’s it.
Headings and sub-headings need to be clear and mean something – avoid puns and other attempts at humour and forget clever – just make sure that headings explain the text …

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Using connective words when writing

November 21, 2009

Sentences and paragraphs that open in different ways and include connective words within will hold a reader’s attention because they help to lead the reader easily from one point to the next.
Conversely, if sentences and paragraphs are written in short, staccato-like sentences with no words that connect the sentences, reading is very difficult. Likewise, long-winded …

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